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LEA had the sudden
urge to see Mariana. Her mind had been on her all day long. Mariana had been
her best and first friend since Lea joined St. Sebastian High School. Mariana
guided her through out the school and made her feel comfortable and reassured,
since she was the youngest freshman in the school. Lea stood up from her bed
and left through the terrace door. She flew straight up in the air. The night
was cool. Lea liked the cool wind hitting her face. She laughed softly at the
sound of the whistling wind against her ears. Then she traveled west towards
Mariana's house.

LEA was looking
down at Mariana's house. She was still in the air, trying to figure out if it
was right for her to do this. She decided in favor of talking to Mariana. Mariana's
lights were still on. Lea scanned the room through the curtains, checking if
Mariana was there. Mariana was sitting on her bed, her legs were crossed, her
elbows pressed against her thighs and she was crying; her face was buried in
her hands.

Lea felt her
pain. The pain of having lost a best friend to immortality. The pain of Mariana's
ever lasting love for her. But then Lea felt her own pain: Of not having Mariana
share this power with her. Mariana. Lea sent to her. She saw Mariana
quickly lift her head. Her lips formed Lea's name. Lea sighed. Please,
Mariana, open the window. I won't hurt you. Trust me!

Mariana quickly
stood up from the bed, walking towards the window. She moved the curtain aside
and her eyes met with Lea's. More tears sprang from her eyes. She opened the
window and allowed Lea inside.

"Thank you."
Lea whispered. Mariana looked up at her and frowned. Lea took her in her arms
and hugged her. Mariana's body tensed and then yielded to Lea, softening. She
wrapped her arms around Lea's waist and cried into her shoulder. "Mariana,"
Lea whispered into her ear. "You don't know how much I've missed you." She felt
tears coming out of her eyes.

Mariana looked
up at her and gasped. Lea knew it was because of her bloody tears. Suddenly,
Mariana kissed Lea's cheek, licking a little bit of the tears. Her entire body
shook with pleasure as the salty liquid touched her tongue. Lea took a deep
breath, as Mariana's nails dug into the back of her jacket. She took Mariana's
hair into her hand and pulled her head back. I want you to join me in
this. She said into Mariana's mind.

Mariana looked
up at her and tried to pull herself away. "No!" She whispered.

Lea's mind was
already clouding over, wanting the taste of Mariana's blood. "It's not that
bad." She whispered in return. "You'll like it."

Mariana, sensing
Lea's sudden hunger, tried to pull away, she was about to scream but Lea covered
her mouth with her other hand. Lea pulled her head back again and sunk her fangs
into her neck. Mariana gasped and her body became taut. Her blood was better
than what Lea expected; it was salty and sweet at the same time. She let go
of Mariana's mouth when she heard Mariana moan against her. She pulled her mouth
away from Mariana's neck. Mariana's eyes were rolling back in her head. Lea
gently slapped her face and smiled as Mariana's eyes dizzily focused on her.
"You said you'd die for me." She said. "Didn't you?"

Mariana nodded
weakly. Her lips were dried and her face was pale. She looked at Lea and closed
her eyes tightly shut. "Lea!" She whispered; she was dying.

"Well, this is
like dying; but then its like living too." Lea took her own wrist into her mouth
and bit a piece of the flesh off. The blood gushed from the small wound. She
placed her wrist on Mariana's mouth. Mariana shook her head; she didn't want
the blood. But as soon as she had that small taste of it, she took a hold of
Lea's wrist with her hands and began to suck on it.

Lea felt an ecstasy
very much like the one she felt when Lisa made love to her. She was aware that
Mariana's body began to gain that unnatural vampire strength and she tried to
pull away. Mariana was now the one who held Lea up. She kept on taking the blood
from Lea as Lea frantically tried to free herself. She succeeded; she grabbed
Mariana by the waist and pulled her to herself again, sinking her fangs into
her neck again.

Mariana cried
out as she felt Lea's fangs on her neck. She wrapped her arms around Lea's neck
as she felt the blood leaving her body again; the vampire hunger was already
tearing at her. Lea pulled away from Mariana's neck; her head was resting on
Lea's shoulder and as she felt Lea pull away, she sunk her own new baby fangs
into her neck again.

THEY lay like
in Mariana's bed like this, in bliss. For hours, they took each other's blood.
Lea took from Mariana as Mariana took from her. In Lea's arms, Mariana fell
into that deep vampire slumber. Lea looked into her now peaceful sleeping face.
In awe, she felt Mariana's body begin to harden into a vampire's body; and she
watched it begin to pale. And now she knew why Lisa was so fascinated with her
when she became a vampire.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

LUCY lifted her
head up to meet Lisa's eyes. They were in Lisa's home, sitting on the kitchen,
silently talking to each other. She knew that Lisa felt the same jolt at the
heart. Another vampire was made, and they knew who it was. Lisa smiled at Lucy,
her eyes glistening. Lucy smiled in return.

"Mariana doesn't
like us very much," Lucy said with a laugh. "Remember?"

Lisa shrugged.
"She'll have to learn, won't she?" She said, smiling.

"Should we be
worried?" Lucy asked softly.

Lisa shook her
head and laughed softly. "Mariana is of no real danger to us." She answered.
Suddenly, almost too quickly for Lucy to follow, her expression changed. Lisa
always had this way of changing her moods and facial expressions too fast for
any one to follow. But Lucy was already used to this. "Whom we should worry
about is that human girl." She whispered. "I can never hear her thoughts." She
frowned, deep in thought. "She deliberately shuts us out."

Lucy nodded.
She could feel the passionate dislike for Leslie Anne Robilland that Lisa had.
"All I can get from her is the desire to have our power." She frowned, standing.
"But let's forget about her for a while and lets go get Leandra. She's at Mariana's
house. Plus," She said, lifting her finger to make a point. "Mariana
must be very hungry."

Lisa nodded,
standing up. They walked outside through the back door. "Shall we go by land?"
She asked jokingly. "Or shall we go by air?" Lucy laughed out loud and pointed
up towards the sky. "After you, madam." Lisa said, her musical laughter rang
out through the silent night.

LEA had fallen
asleep right after Mariana had. She woke up with a start, sensing that something
not human was outside Mariana's window. She lifted her head up and looked at
it, realizing that Lisa and Lucy were looking in at her. Lea watched as the
window slid open by itself and both old vampires climbed into the room. She
was suddenly afraid.

"Nothing to be
afraid of, child." Lucy said softly. She walked towards the bed and looked down
at Mariana's unmoving form. Her eyes met Lisa's and then she looked Lea again.
"Good work, Lea." She commended, her eyes returned to Mariana. "She's a beautiful
vampire."

Lea let out a
breath she hadn't realized she had been holding. "You mean, its okay?" She asked
shakily.

"Of course."
Lisa said. She walked towards the bed and stood next to Lucy. "Of course, she
had a lot of contempt against us, and she might not be too proud to have become
like us. But with time, she'll like it." She sat on the bed and reached out
to touch Mariana's now glowing red hair, which was framed around her face, looking
alive.

Mariana's eyes
flew open. She looked around and then her eyes focused on Lisa. Mariana let
out a low inhuman cry and leapt backwards off the bed. Lisa was impressed at
the strength of this newborn. "What are you doing here?" Mariana hissed. Her
eyes, wide with fear, looked from Lisa to Lucy, and then to Lea. "What did you
do to me?" She asked her with a small sob. She looked at her hands and arms.
They were very pale. Then she looked down at her own naked body and realized
it was as pale as her arms were. Mariana frowned, walking towards her dresser
and looked into the mirror.

She gasped, mesmerized.
She couldn't believe what she saw. Like Lea, she saw through her reflection;
she saw through herself her bed and the lighted lamp. "No!" She gasped, turning
to look at Lea, who had been watching her closely. "What did you do to me?"
She cried, falling to her knees.

Lea walked to
her side and kneeled next to her, wrapping her arms around her. She looked up
at Lisa, who smiled encouragingly at her. "Mariana," Lea said softly, pulling
Mariana up with her. Mariana's eyes looked into hers. You are like us
now. She continued into her mind. Their eyes were now locked together
in the silent communication. You will like it after a while. It takes
time to get over the revulsion you first feel.

Mariana cried
out in despair. She looked at Lucy. "But I hated you!" She cried out loud.

Lucy smiled softly.
"Did you, really? Or was it that you were afraid of what we were?" She asked
quietly.

Mariana slowly
pulled away from Lea, again looking down at her body for a long time. Her eyes
were calm now; she looked back up at Lucy. "Afraid, I guess." She whispered
uncertainly. "You kill innocents!" She said, vehement again.

Lucy shook her
head in negation. "No, we don't." She said, walking towards the bed and sitting
on it. "We feed on the Scum," She said, her British accent thickened. "On the
Killer, and the ones who don't care to live. Those are the ones we feed on."

Mariana sighed.
With her newly keen eyes, she took in the beauty of these three female vampires
that stood with her in her room. With a feeling of calmness she realized that
she was now one of them. That she would be part of them; she would do things
with them. Then she realized that Lucy, who was smiling at her with tenderness,
gave these thoughts to her. Suddenly, she felt the pangs of hunger very sharply.
"I'm hungry." She said slowly, not yet willing to negotiate a peace treaty.
Her eyes clouded over.

Lucy laughed
slowly. "Get dressed," She said, standing. "We're going to the city to hunt."
When Mariana had finally finished dressing, Lucy took her hand and pulled her
towards the window. She climbed out and held Mariana in her arms, flying high
in the air towards the city. Mariana's eyes were on Lea, who came out after
them; Lisa, who took her hand, followed her.

WATCHING Mariana's
skill on taking a life was a shock to Lea. Lucy had pointed out a drug dealer;
much like the one Lea had first fed upon. Only this one was a male. With their
mind reading powers, the four vampires knew that this guy was a cold-blooded
killer. That if he didn't get his way, he would just kill who ever was his obstacle;
it didn't matter whether it was a child or a poor old person. Mariana's eyes
were focused only on this man, who went by the name of Diablo. Lea could feel
her fierce hunger.

Realizing the
she was beginning to grow fiercely hungry; Lea walked out into the street and
walked the other way. Lisa followed her.

"Where are you
going?" Lisa's voice said from behind Lea.

Lea turned to
look at her. Lisa could see the hungry cloud in her eyes. Lea walked into Lisa's
open arms. "I'm hungry." She sighed into her ear; her voice was expressionless
with the hunger that consumed her.

"Don't you want
to see your Work of Art feed?" Lisa asked with a smile in her voice.

Lea thought about
it for a second. "Yes, I do." She answered smiling almost absently. They both
walked back to where Lucy and Mariana were standing. Mariana's stance was that
of a predator. Lea could read through her eyes her urge to go feed upon this
bastard. It was the same fierceness she had seen in Lisa. Lucy whispered something
into her ear and she walked out of the alley towards the man. Lucy pulled Lea
and Lisa deeper into the alley and they watched, hidden in the darkness.

Mariana was walking
slowly up to Diablo. She whispered something into his ear and turned, walking
back towards the alley where her new companions awaited. Diablo looked suspiciously
up and down the street and quickly followed her. Lea could see the look of hunger
in Mariana's eyes. As she walked back, Mariana looked into Lea's eyes. Thank
you. She sent out to her. There was a smile on her pale face. She went
into the alley and walked past them. Lea followed her with her eyes.

Mariana turned
around and looked at the dealer, beckoning him to her. He walked up to her,
wrapping his arms around her waist. She kissed his lips fiercely and slowly
down moved to his neck. He moaned softly, letting his hand travel up her bare
thigh. She kissed his neck softly before fiercely sinking her fangs into his
vein. He cried out, pushing at her shoulders. She had his neck between her hands,
sucking the blood as well as the life out of him. His mind cried out, How
could it be? I'm not ready to die!

Those same thoughts
continued to echo in his mind as the life was leaving his limbs and eventually
his whole body. Mariana dropped him to the ground and bowed her head. Her eyes
rolled back in her head and Lea knew she was overwhelmed by the sounds of the
city and its surroundings. She walked up to Mariana and wrapped her arm around
her slim shoulders. "Just will the noises away." She whispered into her ear.
"The blood is working on you, Mariana."

Mariana sighed
deeply, looking into Lea's eyes. Lea saw the red glow in her eyes, from the
feeding. "Lea," Mariana whispered; her voice had that musical tone that vampires
had. "This is overwhelming!" Those next words were a gasp. Lea could see that
Mariana had stopped those sounds from reaching her ears, those sounds that at
first had threatened to drive Lea mad.

"Don't worry,"
Lisa said soothingly. "It'll pass." She grabbed Mariana's hand and squeezed
it softly. "You already are an excellent and beautiful vampire." She smiled
and shrugged. "Now your maker is very hungry," She said, glancing at Lea. Mariana
looked up at Lea and realized that it was true. "Let's let her feed herself."
Lisa walked away with Lucy, Mariana and Lea followed.

CHAPTER TWENTY

LESLIE looked
up at Lea and smiled. She could tell Lea had fed; her skin was pink and she
looked warm. Les stood on tiptoes and kissed her softly on the lips. She moved
back to look into Lea's fading green eyes. Lea looked happy and was smiling.
Les got a glimpse of those sharp fangs.

"Why are you
so happy?" Les asked.

Lea laughed softly;
Les sighed at the musical undertones of that laugh. "I have made a new vampire."
She whispered into her ear.

Les moved back
to look into Lea's eyes. "You did what?" She saw an opportunity there. A foreign
thought flashed into her mind: Young vampires were much easier to seduce, they
were so hungry for blood. "Who was it?"

Lea beamed proudly.
"Mariana Vergara. She is my best friend and now my vampire child."

"Really?" Les
said softly, easily managing to sound cheerful. "I'm so happy for you..." She
remembered that her father had some business with a Vergara family in Salem
Town. Her father was an engineer for his own construction company, RCC- Robilland
Construction Company. Mariana's father was a well-known architect who was sought
after by the largest construction companies, Robilland Construction included.
Les smiled to herself in satisfaction.

AS Lea left the
school, she saw Lisa standing close by. She was looking at Lea, smiling. Lea
walked up to her and took her in her arms, kissing her on the lips. Their tongues
met briefly, causing their passions to arise. Lea suggested that they go to
Lisa's house. Lisa declined. "There's some business Lucy and I need to tend
to." She said, smoothing back Lea's unruly hair.

"Can I come?"
Lea asked.

Lisa smiled softly.
"It's not at all exciting like that other night." She explained.

Lea smiled. "I
still want to go." She said.

"Look, I'm going
to tell you a little about this business." Lisa whispered, her voice holding
her eternal patience and love for Lea. "Lucy and I are going to meet with our
brothers and sisters in Greenland. These will not see us if we bring an extra
vampire, since we had agreed that Lucy and I would go by ourselves." She kissed
Lea softly on the lips again. "Now, if you don't believe me, then you can come
with us and see that I wasn't lying."

Lea shook her
head with a little scorn. "I trust you completely! I know you'd never lie to
me." She said softly. Their eyes met. "When will you be back?" She asked.

"You'll see me
here in school tomorrow." Lisa replied. "We should be back sometime before dawn."

CHAPTER TWENTY
ONE

LUCY and Lisa
stepped through the threshold of the grand style Victorian mansion of the vampire
Emanuel. It seemed most vampires were obsessed with the Victorian style of houses.
He greeted them with long hugs and flaming kisses on the lips. The female vampires
responded with the same caring and familiar way. Lucy smiled as she took in
Emanuels handsome features. His long, soft and wavy red hair; his extremely
pale skin, for he was almost as old as Lucy was, maybe a few hundred years younger.
He was made by Lucy's maker, who had vanished from the earth just like others
older than Lucy had. And that left Lucy being the oldest known "living" vampire
on the face of the earth.

They had kept
contact as the years passed. He had his own colony of vampires in Greenland.
But amongst the vampires, these weren't known as colonies; these were known
as Tribes. "Where are the other brothers and sisters?" Lucy asked, sensing that
the other vampires were far away, somewhere that Lucy couldn't identify due
to the lack of blood. She hadn't fed for a few nights.

Emanuel turned
and looked at Lucy with tenderness, smiling. "They were in Paris, partying.
They should be on their way back." He said, frowning as he noticed the neither
Lisa or Lucy had fed. "Neither one of you has fed yet." He whispered. He turned
abruptly, walking towards the door. "Come!" He said, walking through it. "I
have a present for you." He called behind him. Lucy and Lisa looked at each
other and shrugged, walking after Emanuel.

CHAPTER TWENTY
TWO

LEA was surprised
to find Leslie in her bedroom. She had seen Leslie's parents downstairs, but
she was so concentrated on the thought of her beloved Lisa that she hadn't even
sensed her heart beat. Leslie had been sitting on the bed, silently looking
around the room, when Lea had walked in. Lea gasped softly. "Les!" She said.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.

Les laughed a
rich and sensual laugh that reverberated through Lea's keen ears. "Didn't you
see my parents downstairs?" She asked softly.

"Why, yes." Lea
replied uncertainly. "Yes, I did. I'm sorry I reacted this way," She apologized,
sitting on the chair across from the bed. Her desire for Les was already tugging
at her insides.

Les sensed that
Lea was ill at ease with her presence. She smiled. "Why don't you come sit here
next to me?" She asked, patting the place beside her softly.

Lea sighed; she
couldn't resist looking at those long tanned legs any longer. She stood up and
walked to the bed, sitting beside Les. Les moved closer, wrapping her arms around
Lea's neck. Their lips met then their tongues. Lea's cold hand moved up Les'
thigh, making goose bumps become erect. Les pushed herself on her back and pulled
Lea along with her.

Lea could very
easily have declined; but she wanted this as much as ever, even if she didn't
take Les' blood into herself.

"DADDY, you have
business with Mariana Vergara's father?" Les asked her father. They had left
Lea's house and where riding in the Robilland limousine. Les' sexual urges were
completely satisfied by Lea's expert vampire lovemaking. She was still a little
shaky, and her clitoris was still very sensitive.

Michael looked
at Jeanie with puzzled eyes. His eyes returned to Les'. "Well," He said, frowning
in confusion. "I have business with Marcus Vergara, an architect that lives
here in Salum Town."

"I'm really good
friends with Mariana, his daughter." Les said excitedly. "That's why I want
you to take me to her house." When she saw her father's hesitation, she continued:
"I'll call Omar to come pick me up." She smiled in satisfaction when her father
said yes. She was always pampered and spoiled by her parents. She always got
what she wanted. Always!

CHAPTER TWENTY
THREE

LES waited for
the door to be answered. She felt her parents' eyes on her; and she was relieved
when the door swung open and she heard the silent rumble of the limousine riding
away. The person who answered the bell was a dark pudgy woman in her fifties.
Her Spanish accent was strong as she asked whom Les would like to see and who
she was.

"I'd like to
see Mariana." Les said, walking past the short woman. "Tell her I am Leslie
Anne Robilland."

Just as the woman
was about to turn to go towards the stairs, Mariana appeared at the top of them.
Les gasped at the beauty of this newborn vampire. She had seen her many times
in school, but as a human. She hid her awe like the perfect actress she was.

Mariana's new
vampire eyes were taking in the beauty of this spectacular looking human. She
could smell her sex from where she was standing. There was a faint scent of
her blood with it. Mariana tried to read her mind but found herself unable to.

Maybe it just
works on certain people, she thought naively. Smiling, she slowly descended
the stairs. She turned serious as her eyes went to the maid. The maid scurried
out of the living room and into the kitchen. Les sensed the power this new vampire
already had on this woman. Mariana smiled again. "You're Lea's new friend."
She said.

Les nodded. "Yes,"
She replied, making her deep voice sensuous. "She always talks about you; so
I got a little curious about you." Her eyes were on everything, as if admiring
her surroundings.

Mariana finally
moved. "Come sit down." She said.

Les shook her
head. "Why don't we go up to your room?" She suggested instead.

Mariana's insatiable
vampire hunger was quick to say yes for her. Upstairs, Les sat on Mariana's
bed, looking directly at her. "You are very beautiful, did you know that?" She
whispered softly.

Mariana sat back
at the head of the bed and smiled. "Thank you." She replied. Her eyes were clouding.
She looked down at Les' cleavage. She was wearing a pink tight button down shirt,
which was especially tight at the breasts. "You... are... very beautiful too."
She found it hard to speak; her hunger was overwhelming her.

Les beckoned
Mariana to come to her. What is it about this girl that was so irresistible?
Mariana thought. She leaned forward and went on her hands and knees towards
her, her eyes clouded, inhuman. When Mariana reached her, Les wrapped her arms
around her slim shoulders and pulled her on top of her. "Kiss me...." She whispered.
Mariana responded, kissing her fiercely. Les loved the way these vampires kissed
her! So hard and fierce, yet so tenderly careful of not breaking her with just
a tender squeeze of their arms.

Mariana felt
shivers running up and down her body. She kissed her neck softly and moaned.
She could feel the pulse of Les' blood against her lips. "Oh, God!" She gasped.
And the next second, before she knew what she was doing, she bit into her neck.

Les gasped as
she felt Mariana's fangs sink into her neck. She was feeling an ecstasy like
she never felt before. Her nails dug into Mariana's shirt. She moaned and moaned
until she felt herself weakening and loosing consciousness.

Mariana pulled
away and looked at Les' pale and unconscious features. "Oh, shit!" She whispered,
climbing off Les. I didn't mean to do this! She thought frantically.
"Oh, God! I can't let her die. This is not her fault." She mumbled, walking
back and forth in her room. The sound of Les' heartbeat was weakening; her gaze
was blank as she stared up at the ceiling. Mariana sighed with guilt and quickly
went to Les, bending over her. "Listen to me," She said, making Les look at
her; her gaze was unfocused on Mariana. "I can't let you die, Leslie. I have
to bring you into this. Do you understand?" Les nodded only slightly, a human
wouldnt have seen the movement. Without another word, Mariana picked her
up with one arm and with her nails, she opened a wound on her own neck.

As the first
drops of the vampire blood entered her mouth, Les felt overwhelming warmth between
her thighs. And the gushing fountain came, filling her mouth; she wrapped her
arms around Mariana's neck and pulled her tighter to her. Mariana gasped, feeling
the same warmth between her thighs; she could feel Les' body hardening. She
pulled Les away from her and sunk her fangs into her again. Les gasped, arching
her hardening body against Mariana's. And then again, it was Les' turn to take
the blood. They continued like this for a long time, until they fell into a
deep slumber in each other's arms.

WHEN Les woke
from the slumber, Mariana woke minutes after her. Leslie was sitting in front
of the mirror, staring at herself in awe. She didn't seem the least bit afraid.
With the tip of her fingers, she touched her newly sensitive skin. She saw Mariana
sit up on the bed. "I am like you now." She whispered.

Mariana stared
at her, nodding. "Are you okay?" She asked softly.

Les laughed a
deep and resonant twinkle. "Of course!" She said, standing and walking towards
her clothes. She bent down and picked them up; she slipped on her panties and
her bra.

"You can't leave,"
Mariana said, watching her get dressed. "We have to see Lucy and Lisa about
this."

Les turned to
look at her, laughing. "No, we don't." She had already slipped all her clothes
on. She walked towards the window and opened it. Her eyes looked into Mariana's
and smiled. "Now.... How do I do this?" She asked. She caught the answer in
Mariana's mind before Mariana even had a chance to veil her thoughts. Les' eyebrows
arched in irony. "You want to hide things from me." She said, laughing. "Thank
you anyway." She blew her a kiss and jumped out the window.

Mariana ran towards
the window and looked out into the night. She could see Les' tiny figure in
the sky.

Thats when
she realized she had made a big mistake.

CHAPTER TWENTY
FOUR

LES was flying,
staring down at the Salum City streets. It was already late, so there was hardly
any one walking around the streets. She was testing her new powers, flying up
so high in the sky that she couldn't take in another breath. She also tested
her new speed: She would go down to the ground and run as fast as she could
from one place to another, reaching her targets within a second or two. She
was in awe!

She was back
up in the air when she realized that there was a specific human walking through
the streets of Salum City, when she heard the beating of the heart, and the
sweet thoughts in the mind. She smiled to herself and went down towards the
ground.

SCARLETTETETE
was walking down Archibald Boulevard towards her apartment. She had just left
her job at K-MART at Salum. It was already one o'clock in the morning, and the
streetlights had automatically shut off. She began to walk faster. There were
other people strolling up and down the boulevard, but she still didn't feel
secure.

"Excuse me,"
A soft musical voice said from behind her. Scarlette jumped, turning around
with a start. The voice belonged to a girl, a girl much shorter than Scarlette's
five-foot-seven-inches of height. Still, Scarlette didn't trust this small,
red haired girl.

"Yes?" She asked
crossly. The girl was looking at her with gleaming blue eyes.

Leslie smiled
in the darkness. Her new fangs flashed out for an instant. She took in the young
woman's brown hair and eyes. The pink luscious lips were drawn in fear. Les
could taste her blood already. "I just moved into this city, and I don't know
my way home." She said, making her voice sound innocent. "Could you help me?"

"Do you have
any parents?" Scarlette asked, looking into her purse for a quarter so that
this girl could call her parents.

Les looked down
at the ground. "No."

Scarlette looked
up and down at the girl, studying her attire. She seemed to be of a very rich
background. "Anybody take care of you?" She asked her, she was beginning to
feel like running away.

"No." Les replied,
she added tears to the word.

Scarlette took
out a quarter and gave it to Les. "Call somebody you might know." She walked
backwards and when she thought Les wasn't going to follow her, turned around
and began to quickly walk away. Before she knew what was happening, she felt
a strong arm wrap itself around her waist. A small hand covered her mouth before
she could scream in terror. She felt herself being helplessly pulled towards
an alley between two buildings.

"Scarlette."
Scarlette gave a whispered reply; her voice shook with fear.

"Like blood,"
Les whispered, and her mouth watered and her eyes closed softly as her hunger
rose like a tide. "Red, hmmm."

Scarlette felt
tears run down her cheeks. "What are you going to do me?" She cried out.

Les pondered
for a moment. "Experiment a little." She said casually. She looked up at the
sky and was quickly off the ground, Scarlette in her arms.

CHAPTER TWENTY
FIVE

LEA walked into
her first class of the day. She had a sense of dread deep within her guts. The
Social Studies teacher had already started her lesson of the day. Everyone stopped
short at the sound of the doorknob turning. Les walked into the classroom. Lea
gasped at what she saw. Leslie's skin was pale like a vampire's. Leas
shock allowed her to realize that Les was now a vampire, too. "Dear God!"
She whispered.

Les looked directly
into her eyes as she walked down the aisle to take the seat beside Leandra.
Lea could feel the silent, tumbling confusion of the other present vampires.
For one, Les did not belong in this class. And how could this new vampire have
been made without the consent and supervision of Lucy, or without their own
knowledge. They hadn't felt that jolt of the heart. They looked at Lea for answers;
she was the closest new vampire to Lisa and Lucy. Lea let them know that she
had no idea herself, she was as shocked as they were.

Everyone watched
as Les sat down, as if nothing were wrong. She crossed her legs, placing a hand
over the pale exposed skin. "Hello," She whispered to Lea.

Lea frowned.
"How-" She began, but she couldn't find words to hide her surprise.

Les threw her
head back, laughing softly. "Want to take a guess?" She asked.

Lea was in complete
shock. "Who?" She gasped.

Les laughed again.
"Your little vampire child." She said, mocking her. "Who would have ever thought?"
She placed her hand over her mouth, as if in shock. She stood up; her eyes shone
with a mischievous gleam. "I have to go." She said and walked back up the aisle
and out of the classroom, waving at the other present vampires with a smile
on her face. Everyone looked after her in shock, the teacher included.

"HOW could you?"
Lea growled, grabbing Mariana by the arms. She could see Mariana felt very guilty,
but she couldn't contain her anger.

Mariana tried
to pull away from Lea's grasp. "I didn't know what to do!" She gasped. "Let
me go!" They were in the hallway. As soon as the bell had rung, Lea had run
out to find Mariana, who was by the bathrooms. Mariana felt the eyes of many
other vampires, which she knew felt the same way Lea did: Bewildered and angry.

"What's the matter?"
Lucy's voice disrupted Lea.

Lea turned and
looked directly into Lucy's eyes. Lucy looked right back into hers and saw what
was happening. As she was allowed to see more and more, her face became flushed
with rising anger. She looked at Mariana and then she looked away. Suddenly,
she punched the wall; her hand slipped right through the brick. Due to the swiftness
of her blow, no human heard, saw or felt the trembling of the structure that
Lucy caused; only the immortals felt it with their keen senses. She pulled her
arm out and leaned against the wall. Her face had softened into a blank mask,
as if that display of anger had flushed her enough.

Her eyes went
to Lea and she smiled. "Now, child," She said soothingly. "There is a way to
get out of this. All I have to do is terminate her." She thought for a while,
then looked at Mariana and smiled gently. "Don't feel bad, child. I could see
she tricked you. She is very clever. She could have tricked you too, Lea, had
we not warned you. We made the mistake of not warning Mariana. Come, let's go
find Lisa." She wrapped her arms around Mariana and Lea and walked, pulling
them along. "Not now, vampires." She whispered softly, speaking to the bewildered
vampires. "I will call upon you all sometime soon."

LISA was sitting
on the front steps, deep in thought. Lucy sat down beside her and then silently
sent her thoughts to her. Lisa's face darkened with anger; both young vampires
could feel her anger like a thick pulse in the air. They could feel the silent
connection that Lucy and Lisa were making.

Lisa stood, walked
the rest of the steps down and went towards her car. Lucy followed. "Lisa,"
Lucy said aloud. "You are not going to do anything!" Her British accent thickened
with impatience. "Stop, right this second!"

Lisa's pace slowed
to a stop. She didn't turn around though. "Let's go to my house." She said quietly.
"It's true; we need to think about this for a while."

They all walked
quietly towards Lisa's car. Once in, Lisa drove the car out of the parking lot.
By the time they reached the house, Lisa's anger had dissipated. She reassured
Mariana that she really was not angry with her. It's just that this situation
could have been avoided.

"What I don't
understand," Lea whispered, climbing out of the car. "Is why none of us felt
this thing you call jolt in our hearts."

Lucy climbed
out of the car and slammed the door shut. "Leslie Robilland is pure evil." Lucy
said as an explanation. "She is what you call a loner." She walked through the
already opened door and walked into the living room. Lea followed, sitting with
her on the couch. Mariana sat on the floor with her legs crossed, looking up
at Lucy. "Only when we wish for someone to be a vampire, we feel that jolt of
the heart."

"Surely you can
kill her?" Mariana asked.

"Maybe
maybe not." Lucy said, deep in thought.

"But you said
all you had to do was kill her!" Lea said, becoming alarmed.

Lucy smiled softly.
"Yes, I did. Didn't I?" She said softly. "Well, this is the situation: There
are a very few of us who were born Truly Immortal. I was one of those, you see;
it would take an infinite amount of trying to destroy me. Lisa was gifted with
the same luck. Now, I don't know if this new vampire child was born Truly Immortal.
I don't know yet if either one of you were born into vampires with our luck
or not." Lucy stood up abruptly and slowly walked towards the kitchen, where
Lisa was already sitting at the table. Lea and Mariana exchanged puzzled frowns
and followed Lucy.

"Now, if this
child wasn't born with Lisa's or my luck, she is still very clever. She may
find a way to survive my attacks against her. Marco wasn't clever enough or
gifted. He was almost powerful enough, but not clever enough." She smiled
up at Lisa. "She was able to veil her thoughts even from me," She laughed,
pointing to herself. "Me!"

Lisa giggled.
At Lea and Mariana's shocked expressions, she said: "Better that we take this
lightly." Their laughs made Mariana and Lea laugh along with them. Their self-confidence
soon became theirs also. Sounds outside made them stop with a start. Lea looked
up at Lucy, catching a brief glimpse of her thoughts: She was annoyed at having
been startled like that.

Lucy walked towards
the back door and opened it, stepping out. The others followed her. Lea gasped.
Les was standing about a hundred feet away from them, another young vampire
behind her. Lea studied the new vampire with wonder; she was no more than a
day old. She seemed reluctant to be there at all. Lea caught her name from her
mind: Scarlette. Very beautiful and tall, her curly brown hair moved onto her
face with the push of the winds. Her brown eyes shone with that vampire light.
Lea's eyes moved to Les, who looked at them with a smirk on her face.

"Hello." She
said softly, her voice seemed to musically travel with the wind. Lucy cocked
her head. "Hello." She said courteously, her British background taught her the
manners of greeting someone, even the most despicable.

Les smiled with
amusement. "I want you to meet my companion," She said, smiling. "Though I must
tell you, there will be more." There was no fear in her blue eyes. She
turned her gaze on Lea, smiling. "You should come with me," She said to her
with the sweetest of voices, though her eyes didn't say the same. "If you're
smart." She looked at Mariana, smiling softly. "I thank you very much." She
said mockingly. "I would spare you a lot of suffering if you come with me now."

Les laughed.
She suddenly floated up in the air. "I told you," She warned. "Don't say I didn't."
And she was gone, high up in the air.

Mariana went
up behind Lucy, grabbing her shoulder. "Why don't you go after her?" She demanded.

Lucy looked at
her. There was a frown on her beautiful violet eyes. "Because she is
Truly Immortal." She whispered. "I could tell already... It's going to be very
hard to get rid of her." She lowered her head.

"But why are
you going to let her make more?" Lea asked, stepping up close behind Mariana.

"Leave her to
think." Lisa said to both Lea and Mariana, pulling them away. They couldn't
resist; Lisa was too strong for them. They went inside the house while Lucy
remained outside to think. Lisa motioned both young vampires to sit at the table.
She stood by the window and looked out. Her face was unreadable and so was her
mind. Lea looked up at her, wondering if this would ever get out of hand. "It's
already started to get out of hand." Lisa said softly.

Mariana dropped
her head down on her crossed arms. "This is all my fault." She sobbed.

Lisa walked towards
the table and sat down; her eyes were sad. She placed her hand on Mariana's
head. "No, it is not your fault." She said soothingly. "Its no one's fault.
I admit, we've never had situations like this before. No one has ever been able
to outsmart us like that." Her voice took a sad tone. Lea and Mariana looked
at her with sadness also.

Lucy walked into
the kitchen, taking a seat at the table also. Her eyes were wild and Lea could
tell she was very upset. She grabbed her head with her hands as if to keep it
steady. Her eyes looked at everything but the vampires in front of her. "Call
the others." She whispered to Lisa.

Lisa stood and
closed her eyes. Lea and Mariana could feel the strong beckoning vibrations
that Lisa was sending out to the vampires. They felt compelled to go to her
all of a sudden, but they knew that this silent call was only to the far away
vampires of Salum. Lea heard them arriving, felt them all near.

Lucy stood and
walked up to the window. She looked at Lisa and smiled softly. "Well done."
She whispered, amused. She opened the door and walked out of the kitchen, Lisa
and the others followed. Lea gasped at the sight in front of her. She calculated
about two hundred or more vampires standing on the backyard. She watched as
Lucy half-bowed in greeting; they half bowed also. "Brothers, Sisters..." She
whispered in greeting. "As you all may well know, we are going through some
trial times. A lot of us found out at The School today that there was a clandestine
birth into our world."

She stopped as
the astonished whispers broke out of the crowd, some hadnt known. "Please,"
She said, her voice rose over the voices of the crowd; their eyes were contemptuously
studying Mariana. Lucy lifted her hands up to appeal to the crowd; she turned
her head slightly to look at the frightened Mariana. "You must be silent." The
voices subsided. "This child had no fault in what happened. She is only a naive
young vampire who fell for this vampire's charms. Many of our new ones would
have fallen to the same fate." Mariana sighed in relief as the crowds
mood softened.

Lisa stepped
forward and looked at the vampire that had asked the smart question. He looked
back at her with obvious tenderness. Lea felt a strong pang of jealousy; she
frowned. Lucy turned and looked at her, smiling softly. Lea put her head down,
embarrassed. When she looked back up, Lisa's smiling eyes were on her also.
She turned back to the crowd and smiled again. "Try it," She said. "We will
honor who ever kills her."

"You are talking
as if you couldn't do it yourselves." Another vampire, a black haired female,
said from the middle of the crowd. Her eyes were black also, but very dim. Lea
could tell she was very old; no older than Lisa was, though.

"Oh, trust me,"
Lisa said, smiling softly. Her dimpled, beautiful smile tended to calm the most
agitated. "We will try." She remained silent for a few seconds and looked
at all the present vampires, sending a silent message to all present: Now
go home, or feed, and relax. We are going to have a long next few days.

As they all left,
Lea decided that she should leave also. Lisa looked at her and smiled softly.
"Lea, stay with me." She said softly.

Lea looked down
and shook her head. "I have to go home." She whispered, uneasily. She wanted
to stay, but she wanted to go also. The way that vampire had looked at Lisa,
the love in his eyes. Lea saw in his mind that Lisa and he had been lovers a
long time ago, but only for a short period of time. But he still loved her as
if they were still together.

Lisa read this
in Lea's mind. She smiled softly with understanding. "Go ahead," She whispered.
"Go on home, I'll see you tomorrow." She walked up to her and smiled. Then her
gaze grew intense and she whispered: "I love you." She kissed Lea's lips
softly and gently slipped her tongue into her mouth. She felt Lea breathe against
her, and then she slowly pulled away. "Go on."

Lea nodded slowly. Lisa let her
go and walked backwards, smiling tenderly. She waved, turned around and walked
into the house.